Need for centers to care for patients with acute coronary syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1467-1470

  Califf, Robert M ^a,c   Faxon, David P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY DISEASE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037465858     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000065160.19016.26     Document Type: Short Survey

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